"Where does a cow or an elephant get the calcium
needed to grow its huge bones? From plants, of course. Only plants. …
People in Asia and Africa who consume no milk products after they're
weaned from their mother's breast grow perfectly healthy skeletons in
the normal size for their race. A consistent conclusion published in the
scientific literature is clear: Calcium deficiency of dietary origin is
unknown in humans. Dairy products contain large amounts of animal
proteins. This excess protein removes calcium from the body by way of
the kidneys. Knowing the physiological effects on calcium metabolism of
eating excess protein explains why societies with the highest intakes of
meat and dairy products--the United States, England, Israel, Finland,
and Sweden--also show the highest rates of osteoporosis, the disease of
bone-thinning."

The Meat Free Zone (MFZ) campaign is intended to make the MeatFreeZone logo as
recognizable a symbol as the "Smoke Free Zone". The idea was originally
conceived when The WARM Store in Woodstock, NY, was in operation throughout the
'90's (Woodstock Animal Rights Movement). The store was truly a meat free zone
as it was the first cruelty-free, Vegan, socially conscious animal rights store
in the United States. Now that the Vegan and Vegetarian movements have been
growing so rapidly, more and more people are showing concern about the food in
their diet and their overall health and nutrition. Many people are giving up
eating fish, chicken, beef, pork (pigs ), dairy (milk, cheese, yogurt,
ice cream) and eggs. Headlines of Mad Cow disease, E-coli
and salmonella are in the news with greater frequency. Vegan and vegetarian
recipe cookbooks are standard now in all bookstores and many restaurants have
added Vegan and Vegetarian options to their menus. We hope you will help us with
the Meat Free Zone campaign by putting the signs up in your homes and workplaces
and by spreading them to all the vegetarian and vegan restaurants that you know
and frequent. And someday we will have true "meat free zones" in establishments
that serve meat. (d-4)